I’m having some difficulty searching for a college. I’m looking in New England or in the Mid-Atlantic area.
I don’t care too much about size, just not too small or big (not less than 2,000 or larger than about 25,000). Here’s the tricky part. I’d like a school with a wide variety of majors (specifically education, communications/journalism, and computer science/tech) because I’m undecided but not in a city. I’m not too keen on going to a school in the city but I won’t rule them out. I went to Providence college and wasn’t much of a fan. I’m going to see some schools in Boston soon though. I’d like the large town setting better, but not rural. It seems like schools with more programs are usually in cities, so hopefully you have some suggestions. One I liked was UMass Amherst, large with many programs but not in a city. Thanks!
My credentials:
ACT: 29 (first time taking this test)
English: 33
Math: 28
Reading: 30
Science: 24 (ugh)
Maybe will retake and hopefully boosting it up a point or two
SAT: approx 1750, I’m relying on my ACT. I just can’t do good on this test
GPA: unweighted: 3.91
Weighted: 4.40
Classes: All of my classes are honors, but next year (senior) I’m taking 3 AP’s (Gov, Spanish, maybe environmental)
I have a lot of ECs. If you’d like to know I can share them.
You will probably make out best financially with a public school. Are you a MA resident? UMASS Amherst has a lot to offer.
(Assuming you are a New England resident) Check out
http://www.nebhe.org/programs-overview/rsp-tuition-break/overview/
for discounts for NE residents at other NE public schools.
Outside NE, Univ of Delaware attracts a lot of OOS students; NY SUNYs (e.g. Binghamtom, many others) don’t have as large OOS populations, but their OOS state tuition rates tend to be reasonable.
muhlenberg college
beautiful campus, happy students, supportive professors ! a contained campus near a small city but not in a CITY.
http://muhlenberg.edu/
Most small LACs won’t work for that combination of majors. Muhlenberg, however, does offer education,“media & communication”, and CS. It has about 2400 students (so it’s on the lower end of the desired size range).
What about your budget?
State schools usually do have lower sticker prices than private schools.
However, what really matters is your net price after aid (if any).
Run the online net price calculators for any schools that interest you.
Many state university systems have multiple suburban (or small town) campuses.
Theatre isn’t just a field of study at Muhlenberg, it is a really big deal. It gets a lot funding and the prominence of the major is evident if you tour campus.
It really is a very unique school that can have such a well balanced offering of theatre, science, humanities, school spirit, sports and a very attractive campus.
What kind of cost constraint do you have? What is your state of residency?
What do you mean by “large schools” Penn State, Ohio state? Or colleges like university of Washington
The OP stated a preference for the northeast, and so UWashington probably isn’t a suitable option. It has also become fairly selective in recent years. My son was waitlisted with a 31 ACT.
Some suggestions:
-Ithaca College
-University of Scrantron
-Marist College
-Wake Forest University (reach)
-Syracuse University
-University of Vermont
-Elon University
What is your budget?
If city-edge is OK with you, Towson University might work.